7 weeks, or even 4, is pretty good. I agree that there seems to be quality life and that you are doing the right thing. I think you should try epogen, though, and see if it helps. It really seemed to cure Belinda's Bailey's anemia, which was not producing red cells, at least combined with prednisone. I would ask to do the pred as well. Another thing that has helped one cat on this list was a series of Acemannan shots in the stomach, which brought the pcv back to normal. I do not know, however, if that anemia was regenerative or nonregenerative. If it were me, I would probably try the epogen and prednisone for a month, and if there was no response at all to it, I would try the acemannan. He is very lucky to have you. Michelle In a message dated 1/10/2007 1:09:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
---how long is he going between transfusions, and how low has his pcv gone? michelle---- Up until this current bout, he was going 7 weeks, and his pcv went down to 13. This time, alarmingly it was only 4 weeks. He was never in any distress, except for the first time, because I watxh him closely, and know when he's getting quite low. As far as epogen, I talked with my vet about it, she said that it won't do any good in a cat that is not producing red cells. However, I asked her whether it can hurt, she said probably not, unless he has a rare reaction. I've had epo myself for my own leukemia, and I know it did me good, but mine is chronic, not acute,,, Thanks again for the responses. Where there's life, and it's quality life, to me, there is ALWAYS hope.
